Narayan Family History
Narayan Name Meaning
Indian (northern and southern states): from Sanskrit nārāyaṇa ‘protector of all men’ an epithet of Vishnu. In the northern states it evolved into a surname from the final element of compound personal names such as Ramnarayan (from Ram the name of an incarnation of Vishnu + Narayan). Among Tamil and Malayalam speakers who have migrated from their home state it is a variant of Narayanan .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022